Casey v. Adams
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ oe Error to the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the, Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore BrEntano, Judge, presiding.
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Writ oe Error to the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the, Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore BrEntano, Judge, presiding. On July 21, 1905, John D. Casey, administrator of the estate of Patrick E. Blackwell, plaintiff in error, brought suit in the superior court of Cook county against William P. Adams, defendant in error, to recover damages for the death of plaintiff in error’s intestate, alleged to have been caused through the negligence of defendant in error. To the declaration the defendant interposed the general issue,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
Defendant in error maintained an elevator shaft and operated a freight elevator therein for the use of his tenants and employees in receiving and discharging merchandise. The deceased was a police officer directed by his superior to ride on the wagon of the express company for the purpose' of protecting the express company’s horses, its employees, and the wagon and merchandise therein, from striking teamsters. -When the employee of. the express company in charge of this particular wagon backed the wagon up to the doorway opening into the elevator shaft the deceased stepped into the opening,…
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